J. I. Packer

I'm amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.

— J. I. Packer

The stars may fall, but God's promises will stand and be fulfilled.

— J. I. Packer

Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.

— J. I. Packer

Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize

— J. I. Packer

The Holy Spirit is God the evangelist.

— J. I. Packer

The worlds greatest need is the personal holiness of Christian people.

— J. I. Packer

God's overriding goal is to glorify Himself.

— J. I. Packer

You can know a lot about God and godliness and still not know God.

— J. I. Packer

The most excellent study of expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead…

— J. I. Packer

We are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further.

— J. I. Packer

There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough…

— J. I. Packer

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies…

— J. I. Packer

The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.

— J. I. Packer

Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.

— J. I. Packer

Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced…

— J. I. Packer

Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of…

— J. I. Packer

Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God…

— J. I. Packer

The Evangelical is not afraid of facts, for he knows that all facts are God's facts; nor is he afraid of thinking,…

— J. I. Packer

Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain,…

— J. I. Packer

Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir…

— J. I. Packer

God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and the work of…

— J. I. Packer

But man's eyes are blind through sin, and he can discern no part of God's truth till the Spirit opens them. Inner…

— J. I. Packer

A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his…

— J. I. Packer

Many humanists in the West are stirred by a sense of outrage at what professed Christians, past and present, have done; and…

— J. I. Packer

The whole story of the Father's Christ-exalting plan of redeeming love, from eternity to eternity, must be told, or the radical reorientation…

— J. I. Packer

I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends…

— J. I. Packer

If you are walking backward, away from something you think is a mistake, you may be right in supposing it is a…

— J. I. Packer

Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child…

— J. I. Packer

Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity? In the faith of the New Testament it is central. The love of…

— J. I. Packer

It is Deism which depicts God as the passive onlooker rather than the active governor of His world, and which assures us…

— J. I. Packer

God's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel…

— J. I. Packer

The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like…

— J. I. Packer

“Optimism hopes for the best without any guarantee of its arriving and is often no more than whistling in the dark. Christian…

— J. I. Packer

Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.

— J. I. Packer

A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.

— J. I. Packer

Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.

— J. I. Packer

It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.

— J. I. Packer

...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts.

— J. I. Packer

Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator.

— J. I. Packer

The idea that all are children of God is not found in the Bible anywhere.

— J. I. Packer